English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
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Allow
(v. t.)
To own or acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to
accede to an opinion; as, to allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow
the truth of a proposition.
Allow
(v. t.)
To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp.
to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage.
Allow
(v. t.)
To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to
allow a son to be absent.
Allow
(v. i.)
To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.
Allowable
(a.)
Praiseworthy; laudable.
Allowable
(a.)
Proper to be, or capable of being, allowed; permissible;
admissible; not forbidden; not unlawful or improper; as, a certain
degree of freedom is allowable among friends.
Allowableness
(n.)
The quality of being allowable; permissibleness;
lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or impropriety.
Allowably
(adv.)
In an allowable manner.
Allowance
(n.)
Approval; approbation.
Allowance
(n.)
To put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and
drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the captain was
obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions were allowanced.
Allowance
(n.)
A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods,
different in different countries, such as tare and tret.
Allowance
(n.)
Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of
mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of
youth.
Allowance
(n.)
That which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or
granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate
for any purpose; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, a
limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short.
Allowance
(n.)
Acknowledgment.
Allowance
(n.)
License; indulgence.
Allowance
(n.)
The act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting;
authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.
Allowancing
(imp. & p. p.)
of Allowance
Allowed
(imp. & p. p.)
of Allow
Allowedly
(adv.)
By allowance; admittedly.
Allower
(n.)
An approver or abettor.